Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1923)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture news booking guide
Date:
Apr 1923
Publisher:
New York : Motion Picture News, Inc.
Volume:
Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1923)
Leaf #:
00035
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Early Cinema, and Year Book
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Motion Picture News was the leading film industry trade journal during the 1920s. Founded in 1908 as a counterweight to the dominant Moving Picture World, the News was the voice for the independent, non-Trust, producers. Later Motion Picture News expanded its coverage to the entire industry, supporting the independent exhibitor with objective film reviews, summaries of programs at theatres across the nation, activities of regional exchanges in the cities with regional exchanges, and excellent coverage of the coming of sound and screenings and stage shots at the major New York City theatres. -- David Pierce, 2013
Date Added:
December 02, 2023
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BOOKING GUIDE 35 Hugh Thompson. His parents, wealthy folk, oppose his infatuation. Seeking only happiness for herself and the man she loves, she consents to a secret marriage to avoid a break between Hugh and his family. The family, however, discovers the facts, and persuades the sou to break off with his wife. The dancer finds happiness with her country lover after a series of dramatic complications. References: Reviewed issue Sept. 16, 1922, page 1389. First Run Showings: Pages 1486, Sept. 23; 1608, 1610, Sept. 30; 1746, 1748, Oct. 7; 1886, 1888, Oct. 14; 2021-2, Oct. 21; 2155, 2157, Oct. 28; 2277-8, Nov. 4; 2418, Nov. 11; 2538, Nov. 18; 2659, Nov. 25; 2787, Dec. 2; 3209, Dec. 23, 1922. Advertising: Pages 124-5, July 8; 1711-4, Oct. 7; four page insert, Dec. 2, 1922. Lobby Displays: Pages 2163, Oct. 28; 2283. Nov. 4; 2924, Dec. 9, 1922; 44 8, 451, Jan. 27; 690, Feb. 10; 830, Feb. 17; 1169, March 10, 1923. Prologues: Pages 2283, Nov. 4; 3042, Dec. 16. 1922; 198, Jan. 13, 1923. Exploitation: Pages 2424, Nov. 11; 2544, Nov. 18, 1922; 196, Jan. 13; 574, Feb. 3; 692, Feb. 10; 1297, March 17, 1923. Window Displays: Pages 2034, Oct. 21; 2172, Oct. 28, 1922; 826, 829, Feb. 17; 1176, March 10, 1923. Newspaper Displays: Page 1487, Sept. 23; 1608. Sept. 30; 1748, Oct. 7; 2022, Oct. 21; 2785, Dec. 2, 1922; 186, Jan. 13, 1923. BROKEN CHAINS. Produced and distributed by Goldwyn. Released Dec. 24, 1922. With Colleen Moore, Malcolm McGregor and Ernest Torrence. Director, Allen Holubar. Length, 6,190 feet. Synopsis Drama of the West. First prize winner in Chicago Daily News scenario contest. Tale of cowardice, love and regeneration. Eastern youth proves a coward when confronted by danger. To escape odium that confronts him, he goes to his ranch in Redwood district of California and there meets and falls in love with Mercy Boone, pitiful young wife of a brutal giant who keeps her chained in his lonely cabin. The youth champions the girl, even after having been brutally beaten by her husband. He returns for a final conflict and Boone meets his death in trap he had set for youthful champion. < References: Reviewed issue Dec. 16, 1922, page 3065. First Run Showings: Pages 3207, Dec. 23, 1922; 66, Jan. 6; 310-1, Jan. 20; 686-8, Feb. 10; 819. Feb. 17; 929, Feb. 24; 1039, March 3; 1165, March 10, 1923. Advertising: Pages 2999, June S; 3190, June 17; 6, July 1; 117, July 8; 1088, Sept. 2; 2845, Dec. 9; 2980, Dec. 16. 1922; 660, Feb. 10; 874, Feb. 24, 1923. Lobby Displays: Page 935, Feb. 24, 1923. Exploitation: Pages 461, Jan. 27; 702, Feb. 10; 826, 830-1, Feb. 17; 1049, 1052, March 3, 1923. Window Displays: Pages 566, 575, Feb. 3, 1923. Newspaper Displays: Pages 3375, Dec. 30, 1922; 1041, March 3, 1923. BROTHERS UNDER THE SKIN. Produced and distributed by Goldwyn. Released Nov. 19, 1922. With Helene Chadwick, Claire Windsor, Pat O'Malley and Norman Kerry. Director, E. Mason Hopper. Length, 4.961 feet. Synopsis: Comedy-drama of modern marriage by Peter B. Kyne. In a story of two henpecked husbands who turn cave-men it is shown that despite their widely separated stations in life, the vice president and shipping clerk of the same Arm are brothers under the skin. Wife of vice president indulges in sables and almost bankrupts her husband. Shipping clerk's wife buys on installment plan and dreams of luxury. Neither want children until they're ready to " settle down." Then their lives cross. The two husbands compare notes and decide on cave-man course of action. Both wives accept the masterly hand with joy. References: Reviewed issue Nov. 4, 1922, page 2290. First Run Showings: Pages 2657, 2660, Nov. 25; 2788, Dec. 2; 2920 Dec. 9' 3208, 3219, Dec. 23; 3368-9, 3375, Dec. 30, 1922; 185, Jan. 13, 1923. Advertising: Pages 937. Aug. 26; 1085, 1087, Sept. 2; 2507, Nov. 18; 2593-4, Nov. 25; 2726-7, Dec. 2; 2844, Dec. 9; 2981, Dec. 16, 1922. Lobby Displays: Page 461, Jan. 27, 1923. Exploitation: Pages 2669, Nov. 25, 1922; 70, Jan. 6; 198, 200, Ja; 13. 314, 319, Jan. 20; 448, Jan. 27; 575, Feb. 3; 829, Feb. 17, 1923. Newspaper Displays: Pages 64, Jan. 6; 184, Jan. 13; 560, Feb. 3, 1923. BULLDOG DRUMMOND. Produced by Hollandia Film Corporation. Distributed by Hodkinson. Released Dec. 3, 1922. Featuring Evelyn Greeley and Carlyle Blackwell. Director, Oscar Apfel. Length, 4,916 feet. Synopsis: Mystery melodrama adapted from stage play. Young English army officer, out of the service, bored with tedium of everyday existence, advertises for employment that will net him considerable adventure and excitement. The " ad " is answered by an attractive girl whose uncle is in the power of a mysterious band of criminals who conduct a sanatorium for the purpose